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Global Islamلبيك اللهم لبيك

Unlike other bonds (nationalistic, patriotic, etc.) which are superficial, animalistic, reactive, emotional, and completely devoid of a real solution for life’s affairs, the intellectuality of the ideological bond of Islam unites man irrespective of their race, nationality, and other factors which are irrelevant when it comes to bonding on an ideological creed.

“The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin the ma`roof (all of Islam), and forbid the munkar (all that is evil; kufr): they observe regular prayers, pay Zakat, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.” (The Holy Qur’an, 9:71)

Muhammad (Salla Allahu `alaihi wa sallam) indicated in several Ahadith on unity and brotherhood as we can see in his (saaws) Farewell Sermon (khuTbat ul-wadaa`):

“All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood.”

Other Ahadith further elaborate on the concept of unity and brotherhood:

"A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. He does not oppress him, nor does he leave him at the mercy of others." (Sahih Muslim Book 032, Number 6219)

The Prophet said, "None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself." (Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 1, Book 2, Number 12)

Unity is strength. The Islamic concept of Towhid is the other name of the unity of humankind. The corner stone in Islam is the unity of God. Allah’s unity teaches us the message that we should not divide humans into sections and sects. Almighty Allah in the Quran says that the division of people in the races and clans is only for their introduction.

“And we have sent you (Muhammad) not except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all of mankind…” (The Holy Qur’an Sûrah Saba’, 34:28)

The racial discrimination has been strictly prohibited in Islam.In the last sermon from the Mount of Arafat the Holy Prophet had clearly announced that no Arab has any superiority over a non-Arab; or the white over the black. This is the reason that in Muslim countries we do not find racial discriminations. Islam gives clear injunctions for the respect, safety, security and prosperity of the non-Muslims as well. Unity teaches peace, equality and paternity. The absence of unity brings and breeds disruption, devastation and disputes. Islam ordains protection of non-Muslims simply to show the respect for the Canons of divinity and humanity. God is not only of the Muslims. God is the God of all human beings. The unity of all humans is the ultimate aim of the teachings of Islam.

The Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم of Allah said:

"One who hurts a dhimmi (non-Muslim citizen of the Caliphate), he hurts me and the one who hurts me, hurts Allah."

Another hadith reports that

“Beware! Whoever is cruel and hard on a non-Muslim minority, or curtails their rights, or burdens them with more than they can bear, or takes anything from them against their free will; I (Prophet Muhammad) will complain against the person on the Day of Judgment.” (Abu Dawud)

The Quran discusses the concept of unity on three levels. Foremost is the unity of humanity. The Quran in Sura Al-Hujurat (The Inner Apartments) says:

“O, Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another."

Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is the one who has piety.” (49:13).

The Quran no where addresses the Muslims. Either it addresses the believers (momineen) or the people (Annas). The Quran on second level refers to the unity of the people of the Books: the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims- In Sura Al-e-Imran the Quran says:

” O, people of the Book! Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with him, and that none of us will take others as lords besides Allah. Then if they turn away, say; Bear witness that we are Muslims” (3:64).

In Sura Al-e-Imran the Quran says;

“And hold fast, all of you together to the rope of Allah, and be not divided among yourselves.” (3:103).

The Quran again in Sura Al-e-Imran says:

“O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared and die not except in a state of Islam.”

In Mishqat Sharif there is a tradition of the Holy Prophet which says;

“The Muslims are like a body; if one limb aches, the whole body aches.”

Then the Messenger of Allah says;

“Whoever does not care about the affairs of the Muslims is not one of them.”

The Islamic Brotherhood is not based on economic interests, race, or color. It is based on something infinitely superior: Rejection of falsehood and acceptance of the Truth as revealed by the One True God. Islam was started by Prophet Noah and Abraham and was completed by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). All Muslims are brothers and equal with each other in the sight of God.

"The Believers are but a single Brotherhood." [Al-Hujurat 49:10]

As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, you have no part in them in the least: their affair is with God. He will in the end, tell them the truth of all that they did. [Quran 6-159].

Islam is a deen (complete way of life). Muslims have chosen various Imam's to follow. For example, Sonni's are either Shafi, Hanbali or Wahabi, etc. Sheas are either Emami or Emami, etc.All are acceptable and equal , different sects are just different flavors of the same principle. Not only is this Brotherhood based on faith, it is also a part of that faith. Even a casual reader of Qur'an would note that it almost always addresses the Believers and not the Believer. All acts of worship that are declared pillars of Islam have a collective form. The daily prayers are best performed in congregation, that being twenty-seven times more valuable than the individual prayer. The special Friday prayer cannot be offered individually at all. Zakat is obviously aimed at making the rich of the community take care of the needs of its poor. Fasting, an essentially individual act, has been given a collective form through unity in time. Hajj enforces unity in both time and place, bringing the believers together in the plains of Arafat in their remembrance of Allah.

Those who join in the worship of Allah produce a Brotherhood that embodies the best moral values of the faith: Mercy, compassion, fear of Allah, piety, and justice. It is a Solid Cemented Structure [As-Saff, 61:4]

We can imagine the sensitivity of the Shariah about it by reflecting on its teachings regarding the relations between believers. The books of hadith are full of such teachings.

It is forbidden, for example, for two Muslims to start a whispering conversation in the presence of the third.
It is not permissible for a Muslim to sever relations with his brother for more than three days.
It is sufficient evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his brother.

But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad SAW) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission (4:65)

This Brotherhood has to be a force for the downtrodden and oppressed everywhere.

The U.N. remains an organization of unequal powers, designed to perpetuate that inequality. Its purpose was to establish hegemony of the Western alliance over the rest of the world--- not for any higher moral purpose but solely for economic exploitation. Its very structure (with real decision making in the hands of a few in the Security Council ) guaranteed the disenfranchisement of the weak, and the entire Muslim world found itself in that category at the end of official colonialism.While the U.N. has failed miserably in its declared goals, it has been tremendously successful in the real ones. While it promised peace and justice, it has delivered death and destruction, exploitation and oppression. It provided legal cover for the first U.S.- Iraq war in 1991. It facilitated the carnage in Bosnia by tying the hands of the victims. It has perpetuated genocide in Iraq through the imposition of the most brutal economic sanctions in the history of the world, resulting in death of a million people through starvation and disease. But we have allowed ourselves to be deceived by the legal camouflage provided by the U.N. And witness how low we have fallen with our own accord.

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ When asked to desist from spreading corruption in the land they say: "Why, we are reformers (Qur'an 2:11)."

NATO forces in Khulfa Rashideen Mosque in Falluja, Iraq

"Those who are infidels aid one another. Unless you do the same there will be discord in the land and anarchy (Qur'an 8:73)."

IT IS TIME TO UNITE, PLEDGE AND STRIVE FOR THE

☪ UNITED NATIONS OF ISLAM

Say: "O Lord, forgive us and our brothers who came to faith before us, and do not put a grudge in our hearts against those who believe. O Lord, You are compassionate and kind (Qur'an 59:10)."

Muslims are not allowed to kill the women and children of their enemies even in war. How could we support the killing of our own women and children? A Muslim is not really a believer if he eats his full while ignoring the plight of a hungry neighbor. How could a believer then participate in economic sanctions designed to starve his own people to death?

We must free the Brotherhood from the servitude to the ideology of nation-states and the unjust international organizations so we can stop killing ourselves.

Allah gave us the right to form political parties, as long as the parties are in accordance to Islam and the party is participating in an Islamic system in an Islamic state. Allah says in the Qur'an:

"Let there be among you a group that invites to the good, orders what is right and forbids what is evil, and they are those who are successful." (Qur'an, 3:104)

Islam does not believe in being dominated but in being implemented as the only legitimate ideology the Creator allowed for mankind. Islam does not believe that man has the right to be legislator for other men, because Islam believes that only Allah has the right to legislate laws for His Creation including mankind:

"The 'Hukm' (rule, decision) belongs only to Allaah." (al-qur'aan, 12:67)

Islam forbids ruling by other than what Allah has revealed:

"And rule between them by that which Allaah has revealed and follow not their vain desires, but beware that they may turn you away from some of what Allaah has revealed." (al-qur'aan, 5:49)

Allah describes those who do not rule by what He has revealed:

"And whosoever does not rule by what Allaah has revealed they are kaafiruun." (al-qur'aan, 5:44)

"And whosoever does not rule by what Allaah has revealed they are DHaalimuun." (al-qur'aan, 5:45)

"And whosoever does not rule by what Allaah has revealed they are faasiquun." (al-qur'aan, 5:47)

Remember that when Allah said in the ayah that who does not rule by what Allah has revealed are Kuffar (Quran, 5:44), Allah is talking about those who do not believe in Islam. When Allah mentions the word "DHaalimun" in 5:45 it refers to both the Muslim and non-Muslim who do not rule by what Allah has revealed. Finally, when Allah says the word "Faasiqun," it refers to the sinful, rebellious person (specifically a Muslim) who does not rule by what Allah has revealed.

Be patient if you are an anvil.
Be swift if you are a hammer. Arabic wisdom

Muslims had sunk to the lowest depths of decline since the destruction of the Caliphate. Muslims are divided into over 50 countries, they are waging wars against each other, placing and observing embargoes on fellow Muslims. Despite the disastrous effects of accepting kufr over Islam, many Muslims insist on promoting such evil that did nothing but betray the Ummah and put us through unbelievable suffering and grief. In several articles the techniques and methods of dealing with the Muslims are discussed. In an article in the Baltimore Sun (7/7/92), "Time to Paint U.S.-Islamic Relations on a Brand New Canvas" offers some of the following strategies in dealing with the Muslims:

"Stop talking about the 'world of Islam' as if it were a monolithic whole; instead use 'Muslim countries."

Their attempts in creating a twisted version of "Islam" to making Muslims view their deen as just a religion that can accept the rule of kufr over them is very sinister indeed and is intended to make the return of the implementation of Islam something that will never happen. And as we all know the enemies of Islam do not want to see the Laws of Allah ruling the earth.The Ummah is in sin by not implementing the Laws of Allah. We cannot abandon the blessed, perfect, just system of Islam for the corrupt, evil, treacherous system of kufr that has the Muslims and the rest of the world in a big mess. We cannot be slaves of the West nor can the Kuffar be our masters. We cannot accept their systems and beliefs in which Allah did not reveal but something that Allah has cursed. We must return to obeying our Creator fulfilling our duty to Him and lifting the humiliation that Allah put on us for disobeying Him.

Crusaders in the 13th and 14th century were attacking Muslims and wanted to conquer Jerusalem. Their clothing was made of armor with a big cross over their chest. Later on, the cross became smaller and slowly changed to a white shirt and cravatt (neck tie). This resembles the cross and has become the symbol of western civilization, western domination, and capitalism. We must incrementally go forward to gain our religious identity and start wearing Sunnah and promoting it to our youth so they will be proud of their Islamic identity. We cannot expect our women to wear Hejab when we do not wear aba and instead, wear a cross (neck tie) around our neck.

Neighbourhood connections are very important in Islam, to the extent that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said,

“Jibreel kept on telling me to take care of my neighbors and strengthen my relationship with them until I thought that they would inherit me.”
The importance of uterine relationships (Silat Al-Arham) and family ties are constantly referred to in the Quran, and they form a small-scale level of domestic unity. How often do you get together? If you live away from them, how often do you call? Is your family really still united? You know, that was our last level of unity we just lost.O Muslims, what then do you expect??? We did not obey the Divine Law! We lost every single level of unity and therefore there was no escape from the result, a terrible decline in all aspects of society. We need to build those bridges once again. We have to unite again on every of these levels! Enough selfishness because its killing us! Wake Up Muslims! We Are ONE Body! ONE Ummah! We Love Each Other!!

And whom of you who dies without pledging his oath to a Khalifah will have died the death of a non-believer.-Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)

All Islamic rituals help maintain and develop unity amongst Muslims. We pray five times a day, preferably in congregation so that everyone living on the same street, working in the same place, or studying at the same school could get together in a straight line and pray to their Lord. Then there is a weekly gathering for the whole neighborhood during the Friday Prayer (Jumuah), this helps maintain the neighborhood’s unity. Another larger scale of unity maintenance and development is during the month of Ramadan. All Muslims around the world spend the same month fasting. In a single city they cease from eating and start eating at the same time. This is another form of unity. And of course, there is the Pilgrimage (Hajj), the manifestation of Muslim unity. Muslims from all around the globe come to same place, wearing the same clothes, worshiping the same God, repeating the same sentence, walking in the same direction at the same time, having the same goal, and getting the same reward. It’s unity at its highest levels. See how Islam helps us maintain and develop our unity? And see how separated we are today?

Allah (swt) has said in the Holy Qur’an in Sûrah At-Tawbah, 9:33 that:

“It is He who has sent His Messenger (saaws) with guidance and the Deen of truth (Islam), to make it superior and prevail over all other deens, even though the Mushrikûn hate it.”

Finally, he (saaws) sent envoys to the countries outside the Peninsula with the aim of establishing relations based on the spreading of Islam, by inviting them to embrace it.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

"A single day under a just ruler is better than 60 years of ibadah" (Bayhaqi, Tabarani)

And finally, how the kufr nations, especially ideological ones like America, determine their foreign policy is based solely on interest. Whether it be economic, military, strategic or political, their motivation for the formulation of their foreign policy is interest and countless number of examples can be given in this regard when one looks into and assesses the actions of the kufr nations. Their motivation in not the spreading of Islam nor its complete implementation or enforcement. They do not things for “humanitarian reasons”unless doing so will help their interests. They subjugate other nations on the basis that subjugating them must be beneficial for their interest or else they would not even bother investing so much time and effort in dealing with a nation that will not reap them the economic, military, strategic or political benefits. This is in sharp contrast to how the Islamic State deals with nations when it comes to spreading the rule of Islam to other lands as Taqîyud-dîn an-Nabhânî so eloquently points out:

“That is why the Islamic State was never selective in the countries it conquered, it never made any difference to the Muslims how difficult or easy was their task. And although Egypt was relatively easy to conquer and its resources were considerable compared with the harsh Saharan climate of North Africa with its poverty, the Muslims never took those factors into consideration because their ultimate goal was to spread Islam. This necessitated the liberation of every country regardless of its poverty or wealth and regardless of the resistance put up by its people. Carrying Islam to other nations is not motivated based on wealth or the poverty factor, nor will the acceptance or refusal of the people stall the carrying of the Message. The main aim is simply the conveyance of Islam, to establish it as an intellectual leadership from which a way of life emanates. The Message should be carried to all mankind in all countries.”

We should call upon the Muslims to follow the example the Prophet Muhammad (saaws) who was the best example to follow as Allah (swt) made it clear in The Holy Qur’an in Surah Al-Ahzâb, 33:21

“Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (saaws) you have an excellent example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day, and remembers much.”

Concerning the time Muslims would follow the ways of the Kuffâr religiously, Prophet Muhammad (saaws) said in a Hadith narrated by Abu Said:

The Prophet said, "You will follow the wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally that if they should go into the hole of a lizard, you too will go there." We said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning, of course, the Jews and the Christians.) (Sahîh al-Bukhârî, Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith No. 662)

We must keep in mind that Allah (swt) revealed a completed and perfected Deen to all of mankind:

“This day I have perfected your deen for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your deen” (The Holy Qur’an, Sûrah Mâ’idah, 5:3)

“Say: ‘Truly, my prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah (swt), the Lord of the Âlamîn (mankind, jinns, and all that exist).’” (The Holy Qur’an, Sûrah Al-An`âm, 6:162)

Allah (swt) also said that He revealed to us the Sharî`ah and its methodology for its application and enforcement:

“…We have prescribed a law (the Sharî’ah) and a method (Minhâj, Tarîqah)…” (The Holy Qur’an, Sûrah Mâ’idah, 5:48)

So when it comes to the application and enforcement of Islam, it must be based on the Islam methodology that was revealed by Allah (swt). Prophet Muhammad (saaw) said in a Hadith narrated by `Â’ishah (ra):

Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever innovates in this affair of ours something that We have not commanded, that thing is rejected." (Sahîh al-Bukhârî, Vol. 3, Book 49, Hadith No. 861)

“The world is a prison for a believer and paradise for a non-believer.” (Sahîh Muslim, Book 42, Hadith No. 7058)

Thus, keeping away from the Fahshâ’ and munkar is a consequence which would occur as a result of praying. The âyah does not give the meaning of the `illah because it is the cause that makes the rule exist and not just a result or consequence of a rule. Whereas the Hikmah may or may not exist, the `illah will always exist with its corresponding Hukm (ruling), as in a cause-effect relationship.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Whoever helps an oppressor in his oppression, comes on the day of judgement, written on his head 'Despairing of the mercy of Allah'."

[Narrated Anas bin Malik (Al-Firdos Bima'thoor il-Khitaab)]

It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn `Umar that the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:

“Beware. Every one of you is a shepherd and every one is answerable with regard to his flock. The Caliph is a shepherd over the people and shall be questioned about his subjects (as to how he conducted their affairs).
A man is a guardian over the members of his family and shall be questioned about them (as to how he looked after their physical and moral well being).
A woman is a guardian over the household of her husband and his children and shall be questioned about them (as to how she managed the household and brought up the children).
A slave is a guardian over the property of his master and shall be questioned about it (as to how he safeguarded his trust).
Beware, every one of you is a guardian and every one of you shall be questioned with regard to his trust.” (Sahîh Muslim, Book 20, Hadith No. 4496)

Then the Prophet (saaws) said:

"By the One Who owns Muhammad's soul, if Moses (as) were alive and reached [the time of] my prophethood he would have followed me. " (Sunan ad-Dârimî, Hadith No. 436)

This says clearly that even if Moses (as) were alive at the time of Muhammad (saaws), he (as) would have to follow the Sharî`ah of Islam that was given to Muhammad (saaws). As for at the âyât in Surah al-Mumtahinah where it mentions Prophet Ibrahîm (as) being an “excellent example,” it contains the conjunction “when” (idh) which makes it specific to a pertinent situation and not general as in the following the “excellent example” of Prophet Muhammad (saaws):

“Indeed, there was an excellent example for you in Ibrahîm (Abraham) and those with him when (idh) they said to their people…” (The Holy Qur’an, Sûrah al-Mumtahinah, 60:4)

This is in contrast to the generality of the “excellent example” of Muhammad (saaws) which is not restricted to a specific situation but is general for all situations:

“Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day.” (Sûrah al-Ahzâb, 33:21)

When we participate in a kufr system, we are not working towards its abolishment; what happens is that its existence is further perpetuated by the involvement of people who are working in accordance to the system. This is sharp contrast to the time of Prophet Muhammad (saaws) when he (saaws) and the Sahâbah (ra) worked hard and achieved by the Permission of Allah the full abolishment of the kufr system of Quraysh. There was no attempt on the part of the Muslims at that time to “work within” the system of Quraysh via lobbying, voting for candidates, or even running for the candidacy in a particular office in their system. The Muslims at that time could have opted to suffer much less and achieve more material benefits but did not because that would go against and compromise Islam.

Finally, Allah made it Haraam to elect a kaafir to have an authority or way over the Muslims:

"Allah will not grant the Kuffar a way over the Muslims." (Qur'an, 4:141)

ولا تهنوا ولا تحزنوا وأنتم الأعلون إن كنتم مؤمنين
So do not lose heart or be grieved for you will surely prevail if you are believers. [3:139]

As a soldier in the army of God in promoting Islam-

Sunnah is our uniform. Our leader is Prophet (PBUH). And our constitution
is preserved in the Holy Quran.